Treatment of obsessions: A randomized controlled trial

Behaviour Research and Therapy

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 295-303

  Whittal, Maureen L ^a   Woody, Sheila R ^a   McLean, Peter D ^a   Rachman, S J ^a   Robichaud, Melisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cognitive therapy; Obsessions; Stress management

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL STRESS MANAGEMENT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EFFECT SIZE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSESSION; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; COGNITION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; OBSESSIVE BEHAVIOR; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77950057504     PISSN: 00057967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brat.2009.11.010     Document Type: Article

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